A Ubiquitous Clinic Recommendation System Using the Modified Mixed-Binary Nonlinear Programming-Feedforward Neural Network Approach

Most of the existing ubiquitous clinic recommendation (UCR) systems adopt linear mechanisms to aggregate the attribute-level performances of a clinic to evaluate the overall performance. However, such linear mechanisms may not be able to explain the choices of all patients. To solve this problem, th...

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Published in:Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research Vol. 16; no. 7; pp. 3282 - 3298
Main Authors: Lin, Yu-Cheng, Chen, Toly
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Curicó MDPI AG 01.12.2021
Subjects:
Artificial neural networks
clinic
Clinics
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Decision making
Dentists
Electronic commerce
feedforward neural network
Methods
mixed-binary nonlinear programming
Neural networks
Nonlinear programming
Patient satisfaction
Performance evaluation
Questionnaires
Recommender systems
ubiquitous recommendation
User needs
Taiwan
ISSN:0718-1876, 0718-1876
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Summary:Most of the existing ubiquitous clinic recommendation (UCR) systems adopt linear mechanisms to aggregate the attribute-level performances of a clinic to evaluate the overall performance. However, such linear mechanisms may not be able to explain the choices of all patients. To solve this problem, the modified mixed binary nonlinear programming (MMBNLP)–feedforward neural network (FNN) approach is proposed in this study. In the proposed methodology, first, the existing MBNLP model is modified to improve the successful recommendation rate using a linear recommendation mechanism. Subsequently, an FNN is constructed to fit the relationship between the attribute-level performances of a clinic and its overall performance, thereby providing possible ways to further enhance the recommendation performance. The results of a regional experiment showed that the MMBNLP–FNN approach improved the successful recommendation rate by 30%.
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ISSN:0718-1876
0718-1876
DOI:10.3390/jtaer16070178